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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:41:50 PM EDT
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You're talking about a whole genre of real time strategy games. What thematic elements did it have? Modern warfare? Sci Fi? Fantasy?
ETA: Kinda sounds like Civilization. |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:42:21 PM EDT
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Don't bother with that noise, this is the only old game that matters
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:42:26 PM EDT
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Sounds like Starcraft but that's probably too easy
I remember Microsoft had a WWII combat strategy game in the mid 90s that was very similar to Starcraft and C&C |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:43:35 PM EDT
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X-Com UFO Defense was like that... probably not what you're looking for as it didn't have tanks and all that.
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:43:42 PM EDT
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age of empires?
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:45:26 PM EDT
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Commander Keen
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:45:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:45:56 PM EDT
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Age of Empires?
eta I guess Im not the first 
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:46:09 PM EDT
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Military Madness?
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:46:55 PM EDT
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Age of Empires? eta I guess Im not the first One of my favorite games but I don't think it's that old. |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:47:20 PM EDT
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Too old? |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:48:07 PM EDT
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Try searching http://www.abandonia.com/
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:48:33 PM EDT
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Probably some version of Command and Conquer where the C&C logo was not as prominent as the game version..
Red Alert or Tiberian Sun maybe. You honestly couldn't have been much more vague about the game. |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:49:56 PM EDT
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One of my favorite games but I don't think it's that old. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Age of Empires? eta I guess Im not the first One of my favorite games but I don't think it's that old. 1997.. almost 20 years now! |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:51:01 PM EDT
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Rise of Nations?
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:51:32 PM EDT
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Age of Empires? eta I guess Im not the first One of my favorite games but I don't think it's that old. 1997.. almost 20 years now! This game was on a floppy disk that's how old it was. We're talking about Windows 3.1 or whatever it's called |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:52:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryNo this would have been 92 or 93 |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:52:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probably some version of Command and Conquer where the C&C logo was not as prominent as the game version.. Red Alert or Tiberian Sun maybe. You honestly couldn't have been much more vague about the game. That's what I was thinking as well. Did it look like this?  |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:52:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:52:56 PM EDT
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Age of Empires? eta I guess Im not the first One of my favorite games but I don't think it's that old. I think it's late 90s? Not sure exactly how old OP is thinking, but that was the prime of my childhood.
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:53:36 PM EDT
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Total Annihilation
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:54:13 PM EDT
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Age of Empires? eta I guess Im not the first One of my favorite games but I don't think it's that old. 1997.. almost 20 years now! This game was on a floppy disk that's how old it was. We're talking about Windows 3.1 or whatever it's called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_role-playing_video_games:_1992_to_1993 |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:54:29 PM EDT
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Civilization I'd guess. Just played it a few months ago
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:54:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:55:37 PM EDT
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This game is really old. Like just before AOL old. It was very similar to command and conquer where you had to build up an army using tanks ships and planes. The map was mostly hidden and you had to use your characters to explore it. Obviously being so old the graphics suck but I have been looking for this game for years wanting to relive a bit of my childhood. So does anybody remember this game? That could be 100 games Good luck getting old games working, its a pain in the arse |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:56:34 PM EDT
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Age of Empires? eta I guess Im not the first One of my favorite games but I don't think it's that old. 1997.. almost 20 years now! Dang, I'm getting old. 
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:56:55 PM EDT
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I used to love PC game called Lords of Conquest that was along those lines.
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Posted: 4/27/2016 1:57:39 PM EDT
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Dune II?
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:01:20 PM EDT
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Dune II? Came to post this. I remember playing the shit out of Dune II in college around 93 / 94. |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:03:51 PM EDT
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I don't know if this will help or not but I remember that in order to actually play the game I had to enter a word based off of a number that they gave me which would correspond to a list that I had on paper.
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:06:36 PM EDT
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I don't know if this will help or not but I remember that in order to actually play the game I had to enter a word based off of a number that they gave me which would correspond to a list that I had on paper. That is like literally the copy protection scheme used on every disk based retail PC game in the late 80s / early 90s and was nothing unique. |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:10:13 PM EDT
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Fuck it. ADVENTURE for the win. XYZZY, bitch!!!
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:10:22 PM EDT
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Your talking about MILITARY MADNESS.
Your welcome. |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:10:53 PM EDT
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Dune II?
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:11:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:11:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Total Annihilation Still the best RTS game of all time. I think it came too late for OP's game, though. It was released in '97. |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:12:22 PM EDT
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Sounds like the original Empire. Also played a version on the Mac called Strategic Conquest.
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:13:07 PM EDT
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Also it was a top down view, and turn based. It wasn't fantasy either. Tanks had one turn, planes had like 5.
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:16:04 PM EDT
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"Empire"
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:18:10 PM EDT
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Found it. It's called Pong
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:18:28 PM EDT
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It's Civilization.
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:18:56 PM EDT
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Command HQ for the win!
I still play this game to this day. Great game. Quote History |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:33:17 PM EDT
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Sounds like the original Empire. Also played a version on the Mac called Strategic Conquest. That's it!!! Holy shit. 1977... |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:36:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryCame to post this ... |
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:39:36 PM EDT
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Dune 2000
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:39:41 PM EDT
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Dune ll would be my guess also
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:41:34 PM EDT
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I believe the game OP is talking about is a DOS based game. I remember playing one on a Digital Equipment (DEA) machine, in their version of basic which was compiled on this specific machine. This was definitely a black and white screen with NO graphics. Played in 86 to 88, we are talking early pentium chip days, maybe a 286 machine. You started with a town and you had to build your army, move out in different directions and take another city to build aircraft, move and find and conquer another town to build tanks, move and find a port city and build aircraft carriers. And so on until you defeated the world. Kind of like an early computerized game of RISK. You were playing against the computer and it used a lot of random number generators to determine who one the battles.
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:41:35 PM EDT
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Dune ll would be my guess also Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile That was my second guess 
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:42:50 PM EDT
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What was the old one where you had 2 Apes standing on opposing sides of a cityscape taking turns throwing bananas at each other and you had to enter the angle and power to compensate for "wind" that changed every turn and the bananas would leave craters in the buildings if they missed. Me and my brother played the crap out of that game.
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Posted: 4/27/2016 2:43:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dune II? Or Herzog Zwei. Two of the oldest RTS games that had features we now identify as staples of the genre. |
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